battered
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Despite more than four years of war, and battered by sanctions, Russia is still standing.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
They crushed Lamar 19-6 on Saturday and then battered Texas State.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
US consumer inflation in April came in at 3.8 percent, a three-year high, with American households battered by years of above-expected price increases since the pandemic.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Pleasanton, Calif.-based Workday’s stock, which is down about 40% this year, has been battered by investor fears that artificial intelligence chatbots and large language models will make conventional business software obsolete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Uncle Chester’s cabin rattled and creaked and moaned and shifted as the wind battered it again and again.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing battered
"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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